Our New Language Addition, The Revival of Haida and The Longest Place Names in the World

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to our January 2012 issue of The Language News!

This month's issue features the addition of a less well known language in which we now offer expert translation, the revival of the Haida language, humorously long place names from around the world, our latest article on the current Russian nanotechnology industry, and more.

We wish all of our readers much health and prosperity in 2012!

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Tigrinya: A New Addition to our Repertoire

In 2010, 824 refugees and special immigrants arrived in Idaho alone from 17 different countries. The numbers continue to grow, with refugees arriving in the United States from all over the world. The Idaho Office for Refugees (IOR) works to help such refugees transition to life in the US, helping them to resettle throughout the country.

Our role has been to help facilitate this process by providing translations of various IOR documents in the required native languages. The list of languages into which we have been asked to translate includes some less commonly known languages such as Karen and Tigrinya.

Despite the scarcity of qualified translation experts we are pleased to announce that we have now added Tigrinya to our current repertoire of languages for which we provide expert translation!

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Language of the Month: Haida

Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but recently efforts are being made to keep it alive.

Haida is a language of the northwest coasts of British Columbia and Alaska whose origin is uncertain. Although many linguists consider it to be distantly related to Tlingit and the Athabaskan languages, others consider it an isolate - a language unrelated to any other. Fewer than a hundred elders speak the Haida language fluently today. However, there is a movement among the Haida youth to keep their ancestral language alive.

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It is not surprising that only a handful of Thais can remember the full name of this city in Thailand. The abbreviated translation is Jewelled city of the god Indra, but most Thais simply refer to it as Krung Thep, or City Angels. It is actually the original name of the city of Bangkok!